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#370958
Andrew
Congrats Ms. Collins for your ability to live successfully without the usage of a heart.
12/27/2007 7:49:23 PM
#370966
The Watcher
Okay, that's not even...literate.
12/27/2007 7:50:54 PM
#371000
Whydontyou.org.uk
Bloody Christians stealing pagan holidays and then trying to pretend the are their own.
12/27/2007 8:15:57 PM
#371011
John
Some day the Brits will reach the same conclusion the American founding fathers came to 220 years ago: no established religion.
12/27/2007 8:23:01 PM
#371048
apYrs
let's recapitulate:
the winter solstice,
yule,
saturnalia
Mithras
finally Christ (born in the spring 4BC)
yes very much a Xian festival.
12/27/2007 8:41:21 PM
#371075
Yes, with Santa and everybody except the host. Thanks for clarifying that.
12/27/2007 8:50:46 PM
#371104
solomongrundy
Ah, the Daily Mail.
Widely known as the 'Daily Liar' it's the UK's equivalent of 'Wing Nut Daily'.
12/27/2007 9:09:20 PM
#371124
Old Viking
Fundy Love: Disapprove of the parents? Punish a six-year-old child. It's what Jesus would do.
12/27/2007 9:27:49 PM
#371130
Fed Up
This is the Daily Mail...
If the story isn't referenced elsewhere, it's probably bullshit.
@john - so why is the US the country with all the bible-bashing fundies?
12/27/2007 9:33:46 PM
#371147
sodapop
This isn't even remotely fundie. The reason he got banned from it is, well, because Christmas IS RELIGIOUS. sheesh. Exactly what Mrs. Collins said.
12/27/2007 9:44:13 PM
#371211
Xotan
So Jesus victimizes a nine-year old.
Suffer little children indeed!
12/27/2007 10:46:10 PM
#371242
Andrew
To sodapop
The reason it is fundie is that she supports the teachers position to ban a small child from a party because his family are non believers. Why would you have to believe the story to be real to enjoy a party with your classmates?
It's a festive party for kids, it doesn't matter if it is for jesus or Garfield the cat. The inability to realize that is what separates a fundie from a human being.
12/27/2007 11:36:07 PM
#371270
GigaGuess
Yay for ostracizing children to try and prove a point.
Bitch.
12/28/2007 12:06:29 AM
#371279
approximate
So, the boy learned that your "Peace on earth, goodwill to men" is nothing but bullshit.
Way to go fundtard!
12/28/2007 12:13:02 AM
#371294
Rubyfruit
I thought that Christmas parties in school were about free junk food, not having to do anything related to schoolwork for a good portion of the day, and Movie Day.
Guess I was wrong, then!
12/28/2007 12:27:50 AM
#371308
Freboy
Yes, we celebrate the birth of Christ by decorating a pinetree, having a man in red hand out presents and kissing under a mistletoe.
Very christian.
12/28/2007 1:05:48 AM
#371314
szena
My kids go to a school that has a May Day celebration. They let the Christians participate.
12/28/2007 1:26:36 AM
#371341
:-)
Ah, Yule. That traditional middle eastern festival, when morale is lifted through the cold, snowy grey winter with feasting, merriment and the exchanging of gifts.
12/28/2007 2:25:18 AM
#371349
Mike
YOU FAIL AT RELIGIOUS HISTORY!
12/28/2007 2:34:01 AM
#371351
Jason
"Some day the Brits will reach the same conclusion the American founding fathers came to 220 years ago: no established religion."
I'll agree we need to get rid of the established religion thing, but we have far fewer problems with fundamentalists than the USA seems to. I know very, very few practicing christians.
12/28/2007 2:40:24 AM
#371356
Caustic Gnostic
I think the solstices were the first significant days to be observed...the winter solstice certainly, as soon as the superstitious primitives realized that the sun would not sink forever beyond the southern edge of the world.
Great news! A righteous thing to celebrate! Good cheer to all!
...except, of course, the innocent targets of ostracism.
Cheap-souled wretch of a teacher! I urinate.
12/28/2007 2:46:29 AM
#371422
484
Wow, don't bother giving specifics so I can evaluate the situation.
12/28/2007 5:26:38 AM
#371553
cyborgtroy
Hooray! Trauma!
12/28/2007 3:59:42 PM
#371601
flipper
If you read(to the very, very end) of the article it appears that the teacher was reversed by the schoolboard and had to have a second party, just for him. Hopefully the teacher had to pay for it out of his own pocket(serves him right, self-righteous twit).
12/28/2007 6:03:58 PM
#373153
Chi
Please let this be a lie. I can't stand it when fundies victimize the youth
12/31/2007 6:58:21 AM
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